Visitors: 241 Khagaria, Bihar We have forgotten the Bihar Assembly Election of 2005. Five years have passed since then but today there is no talk for the election of Geeta Prasad Yadav. Geeta Prasad Yadav was a candidate of MCP, supported by RJD in the Bihar Election of 2005 for the seat of Khagaria. Geeta […]
Visitors: 225 Uttar Pradesh, India Ram Saran Awasthi, the State Information Commissioner, Uttar Pradesh rejected a very genuine appeal illegally. Details of Case: An application under RTI Act was filed to Public Information Officer, District Administration- Mau, Uttar Pradesh by Arvind Murti s/o Ram Murti, resident Village- Sahupur, District- Mau. The main points of the […]
Visitors: 225 Tamilnadu It is gratifying that the Presidential election in Sri Lanka has been conducted at reasonably good standards and a firm verdict has been given by the electorate. Obviously, Sri Lanka now needs a prolonged period of reconstruction in an atmosphere of peace and good will and a healing touch. What is really […]
Visitors: 300 Orissa We, the functionaries of several rights, women and dalit organisations demand immediate filing of a criminal case under relevant sections of the law into the January 22 rape by policemen of four Khond adivasi women of Baaluguda village in Babusala panchayat of Munchingput mandal in Visakhapatnam district. We strongly condemn the attempts […]
Visitors: 364 Uttar Pradesh, India A new episode of annual humiliation drama by the administration of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur was played recently. About 120 termination letters were issued to the students of which more than 50% students were of SC & ST categories. Terminations of about 80 students were later cancelled. Magsaysay winner […]
Visitors: 212 Seekar, Rajasthan, India This is the success story of the small village of Gadrata and its hamlets (overall about 50-55 families) in the Seekar district of Rajasthan and how water means gold! A few years ago Smt. Amla Ruia, Chairperson of Aakar Charitable Trust and a resident of Mumbai, Maharashtra, motivated and supported […]
Visitors: 201 Mumbai: Two weeks after the killing of Pune activist Satish Shetty and the firing at city activist Nayana Kathpalia, 27 well-known activists came together on Republic Day and set up a core committee to build an organization to protect activists, which is tentatively named “Citizen Support”. Participants in the meeting, which was organized […]
Visitors: 178 Mumbai: Two weeks after the killing of Pune activist Satish Shetty and the firing at city activist Nayana Kathpalia, 27 well-known activists came together on Republic Day and set up a core committee to build an organization to protect activists, which is tentatively named “Citizen Support”. Participants in the meeting, which was organized […]
Visitors: 304 West Bengal Downright Assault on Human Rights, Extra Constitutional Exercise of Constitutional Powers—a Shame on the Anarchic Governmental Left-ism National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), West Bengal strongly condemns the blatant attack on the Fundamental Rights of the people of the country guaranteed by the Constitution made by the police and administration of […]
Visitors: 193 West Bengal Downright Assault on Human Rights, Extra Constitutional Exercise of Constitutional Powers—a Shame on the Anarchic Governmental Left-ism National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), West Bengal strongly condemns the blatant attack on the Fundamental Rights of the people of the country guaranteed by the Constitution made by the police and administration of […]
Visitors: 319 Karachi, Pakistan: January 24, 2010 Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, President, Pakistan Christian Congress PCC, expressed distrust on statements of President Asif Zardari, CM Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and Federal Minority Minister Shahbaz Bhatti that culprits will be brought to justice in Shazia case. Christian teenage girl Shazia Bashir Masih, working as housemaid was tortured, […]
Visitors: 294 Karachi, Pakistan: January 24, 2010 Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, President, Pakistan Christian Congress PCC, expressed distrust on statements of President Asif Zardari, CM Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and Federal Minority Minister Shahbaz Bhatti that culprits will be brought to justice in Shazia case. Christian teenage girl Shazia Bashir Masih, working as housemaid was tortured, […]
Visitors: 192 India There were at least 16,196 farmers’ suicides in India in 2008, bringing the total since 1997 to 199,132, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).The share of the Big 5 States or ‘suicide belt’ in 2008 — Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh — remained very high at 10,797, […]
Visitors: 189 India There were at least 16,196 farmers’ suicides in India in 2008, bringing the total since 1997 to 199,132, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).The share of the Big 5 States or ‘suicide belt’ in 2008 — Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh — remained very high at 10,797, […]
Visitors: 238 Aurangabad, Bihar, India High School, Arai has been upgraded to 10+2 by letter issued from District Education Office, Aurangabad (Bihar) having letter no. 1034 dated 22.05.2009. After up gradation Rs. 39, 50,000 have been disbursed by the govt. for construction of new building and other developmental activities. A meeting of school management committee […]
Visitors: 283 Aurangabad, Bihar, India High School, Arai has been upgraded to 10+2 by letter issued from District Education Office, Aurangabad (Bihar) having letter no. 1034 dated 22.05.2009. After up gradation Rs. 39, 50,000 have been disbursed by the govt. for construction of new building and other developmental activities. A meeting of school management committee […]
Visitors: 1,418 -One- The Legacy Jyoti Basu, an icon of Indian socialism, died in Kolkata. He was 95. With him, an important era of South Asian politics passed too. Even though Basu belonged to the Communist Party of India that called itself Marxist-Stalinist, observers always thought he was more of a social democrat, a practitioner […]
Visitors: 267 -One- The Legacy Jyoti Basu, an icon of Indian socialism, died in Kolkata. He was 95. With him, an important era of South Asian politics passed too. Even though Basu belonged to the Communist Party of India that called itself Marxist-Stalinist, observers always thought he was more of a social democrat, a practitioner […]
Visitors: 190 Khagaria, Bihar The Bihar Administration is a living day example of feudal attitude. Nitish Kumar visits village areas and asks for complaints by the common people, but it is only a show of good governance. Some examples of thousands of experiences are given below. A Health Sub Centre was approved after large struggle […]
Visitors: 179 Khagaria, Bihar The Bihar Administration is a living day example of feudal attitude. Nitish Kumar visits village areas and asks for complaints by the common people, but it is only a show of good governance. Some examples of thousands of experiences are given below. A Health Sub Centre was approved after large struggle […]
Visitors: 184 The Copenhagen drama is over. Nothing came out of it. It was predicted the same by many expert and many intellectuals, activists, professional experts kept a distance from this proscenium. But what is that concerns the ordinary people of this nation? How does market and market values related with people at large and […]
Visitors: 231 The Copenhagen drama is over. Nothing came out of it. It was predicted the same by many expert and many intellectuals, activists, professional experts kept a distance from this proscenium. But what is that concerns the ordinary people of this nation? How does market and market values related with people at large and […]
Visitors: 332 Australia Australian National University (ANU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb has congratulated the University’s new Chancellor Gareth Evans on being named winner of the international 2010 Freedom from Fear Medal. The international prize is awarded every two years by the Roosevelt Stichting in the Netherlands, a private foundation allied with the Franklin and Eleanor […]
Visitors: 328 Australia Australian National University (ANU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb has congratulated the University’s new Chancellor Gareth Evans on being named winner of the international 2010 Freedom from Fear Medal. The international prize is awarded every two years by the Roosevelt Stichting in the Netherlands, a private foundation allied with the Franklin and Eleanor […]
Visitors: 225 Chhattisgarh After carefully reading, what Advocate Prashant Bhooshan said, we do have strong reservations to his publicly made statements, which are as under: · Inspite of condemning “Operation Green Hunt” which is decision of our elected governments, Sri Bhooshan should conduct a plebiscite in Bastar on this issue. Realities would come before him, […]